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Oct 29: Messages from "Endium" outside of FA are fake
12 years ago
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Status: Back to being stressed
█ Was informed today that someone was posing as me through IMs to try and get free art from other people (via art trading I think). I'm going to keep things pretty vague as I don't want would-be-Endiums to know how I operate outside FA and thereby become better at imitating me. I'm also keeping things vague to keep the drama at a minimum because I know where blame and anger lands: Everywhere.
In any case FA is currently the only place I operate, and my main method of communications is using the FA note system. If you get a random message by an "Endium" (or my other character names) via any other means other than an FA note there's a 99.9% chance that it's fake.
Additionally, I avoid art trades as a rule of thumb. Art trades for me usually being art 'gifts' because I end up producing something and the other person never finishes, that soured me on the concept long ago.
█ In the end I always knew that imposters wouldn't bother me, but that the greatest risk would be to other people who end up believing the imposter was me and get exploited as such. I have no real control over that. The world is full of fake people, and sometimes things happen like a person pretending to be a grandchild of an elderly person to bilk them out of their life-savings. Only thing I can say is make sure you know who you're communicating with before you put yourself out there for any sort of risk.
|██████████|MIND
|██████████|SOUL
Status: Back to being stressed
█ Was informed today that someone was posing as me through IMs to try and get free art from other people (via art trading I think). I'm going to keep things pretty vague as I don't want would-be-Endiums to know how I operate outside FA and thereby become better at imitating me. I'm also keeping things vague to keep the drama at a minimum because I know where blame and anger lands: Everywhere.
In any case FA is currently the only place I operate, and my main method of communications is using the FA note system. If you get a random message by an "Endium" (or my other character names) via any other means other than an FA note there's a 99.9% chance that it's fake.
Additionally, I avoid art trades as a rule of thumb. Art trades for me usually being art 'gifts' because I end up producing something and the other person never finishes, that soured me on the concept long ago.
█ In the end I always knew that imposters wouldn't bother me, but that the greatest risk would be to other people who end up believing the imposter was me and get exploited as such. I have no real control over that. The world is full of fake people, and sometimes things happen like a person pretending to be a grandchild of an elderly person to bilk them out of their life-savings. Only thing I can say is make sure you know who you're communicating with before you put yourself out there for any sort of risk.
i'm suspicious of everyone... it's the internet...
He's the real Endium
All you other Endiums got nuthin' in yo craniums
Would the real Endium please stand up
Please stand up
Please stand up?"
Couldn't resist, first thing that came to mind. Also, I suck at rapping, so that was probably horrible. XD
"Art trades for me usually being art 'gifts' because I end up producing something and the other person never finishes,"
I know the feeling there.
I don't do art trades cos my art is crap. So there's that. :P
but yeah note taken and what a horrible thing to do